“…The focus on crisis-driven scientific assessments or panels should not overshadow the need for day-to-day integration of scientists and scientific information into resource policy and decisionmaking. In some respects, the increasing number of large assessments and scientific panels (e.g., FEMAT, 1993;Iverson et al, 1996;Quigley et al, 1996;Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project Science Team and Special Consultants, 1996;Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Cooperative, 1996a, 1996dUniversity of California, 1996aQuigley and Arbelbide, 1997;Quigley and BiglerCole, 1997;Swanston, 1997;Clark et al, 1998;Johnson et al, 1999) indicates a recognition of the need to ensure that science is readily available, understandable, and relevant to policymakers (Clark et al, 1998). These science assessments are examples of syntheses of understanding about a particular system and its associated issues that can be useful in supporting current and future decisions (Mills and Clark, 2001).…”